Medieval Insular Romance: Translation and Innovation (Hardcover, New title)

Major themes explored are narratives of the disguised prince, and the reinvention of stories for different tastes and periods. These studies cover a wide chronological range and familiar and unfamiliar texts and topics. The disguised prince is a theme linking several articles, from early Anglo-Norman romances through later English ones, like King Edward and the Shepherd, to a late 16th-century recasting of the Havelok story as a Tudor celebration of Gloriana. 'Translation' in its widest sense, the way romance can reinvent stories for different tastes and periods, is anotherrunning theme; the opening introductory article considers the topic of translation theoretically, concerned to stimulate further research on how insular romances were transferred between vernaculars and literary systems, while other essays consider Lovelich's Merlin (a poem translating its Arthurian material to the poet's contemporary London milieu), Chaucer, and Breton lays in England. Contributors: JUDITH WEISS, IVANA DJORDJEVIC, ROSALIND FIELD, MORGAN DICKSON, ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, AMANDA HOPKINS, ARLYN DIAMOND, PAUL PRICE, W.A. DAVENPORT, RACHEL SNELL, ROGER DALRYMPLE, HELEN COOPER. Selected studies, 'Romance in Medieval England' conference.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Judith Weiss • Jennifer Fellows • Morgan Dickson
Contributors:	Amanda Hopkins • Arlyn Diamond (Contributor) • Elizabeth Archibald • Helen Cooper • Ivana Djordjevic (Customer) • Paul Price • Rachel Snell
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	208
Edition:	New title
ISBN-13:	978-0-85991-597-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	0-85991-597-2
Barcode:	9780859915977

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